title: Pleuropulmonary blastoma with cervical lymph node metastasis at presentation.
abstract: Pleuropulmonary blastoma is a rare childhood neoplasm accounting for less than one percent of all primary malignant lung tumors of children less than six years of age. Metastasis to CNS, orbit and iris, bone, contralateral lung and rarely adrenal glands, liver, kidney and pancreas has been described. This report presents a rare case of pleuropulmonary blastoma with cervical lymph node metastasis at the time of presentation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College and Kalawati Saran Children's Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Choudhury
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chadha
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000473:pathology*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck; D018202:Pulmonary Blastoma / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed